David Greising – Page 51

Motorola’s mix of new, old now must produce

August 20, 2021 at 2:35 a.m.

Scott Durchslag looks like your typical Motorola executive. White. Male. Favors white shirts and dark suits. Abnormal obsession with cell phones. But then, there's more to Motorola than appearances these...

On Bickering Street, sounds of conciliation

August 19, 2021 at 9:21 p.m.

Every once in a while, it's a good idea to wander into the briar patch that is LaSalle Street. Just to make sure the exchanges are still there. It sometimes...

B-to-Z move may be good for Motorola

August 19, 2021 at 8:40 p.m.

The day before Ed Breen's big news, he and Motorola Chief Executive Chris Galvin had a confidential conversation. Confidential. But not very candid. Galvin intended to exercise expiring options and...

Change can do you good or do you in

August 20, 2021 at 1:13 a.m.

Change is good. It's a basic precept of modern business that change offers opportunities and potential profit. Change can be difficult and unnerving, even wrenching at times, but if it's...

`Greenspansive’ way infectious, if not effective

August 19, 2021 at 11:51 p.m.

The most amazing sound came out of Washington on Tuesday: a simple declarative sentence from Alan Greenspan. And once the Fed chairman discovered the joys of simple syntax, he went...

Step right up, see reformers outdo each other

August 19, 2021 at 8:55 p.m.

Sen. John McCain sought the last word on corporate reform last week. Going beyond President Bush's narrowly drawn reform program, McCain called for stock options to be treated as corporate...

No scandal? Nice bait and switch, Boeing

August 20, 2021 at 1:53 a.m.

We rushed downstairs and dashed for a cab. There was no news yet, but our instincts told us it must be something big. Boeing was holding a press conference--topic undisclosed....

Bush talks; others will have to do the walk

August 20, 2021 at 2:02 a.m.

A troika of Wall Street titans sat up front, the leaders of Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and American Express. Some household corporate names dressed other tables--Verizon, AT&T, accounting firm KPMG and...

Days of flash in CEO suites should be over

August 19, 2021 at 9:24 p.m.

Vivendi Universal maestro Jean-Marie Messier liked to refer to himself as J2M. His detractors appended a string of "m"-lettered French descriptives and dubbed him J6M: Or, translated into English, John-Marie...

Auditing class should include rotation lesson

August 19, 2021 at 11:28 p.m.

WorldCom Chief Executive John Sidgmore wants us all to know that his company is not as bad as we might think. We shouldn't forget, he says, that WorldCom turned itself...

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